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Quality of life of Moroccan patients on the palliative phase of advanced cancer

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life of caregiver’s. The study was conducted at the RABAT National Institute of Oncology in MOROCCO. RESULTS: 120 patients on the palliative phase of advanced cancer were included. Severe fatigue was observed in 64.2% of patients with an a...

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Autores principales: Ahlam, Aitouma, Hind, Mrabti, Haddou Rahou, Bouchra, Rachid, Razine, Hassan, Errihani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6588852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31227021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4390-1
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life of caregiver’s. The study was conducted at the RABAT National Institute of Oncology in MOROCCO. RESULTS: 120 patients on the palliative phase of advanced cancer were included. Severe fatigue was observed in 64.2% of patients with an average of 90.55 ± 14.7. There was a positive association between functional dimensions and overall quality of life and a negative association between symptoms and overall quality of life. Patients under 30 years had a lower quality of life. According to the multi-varied analysis, physical function, emotional functioning and fatigue were significant predictors of Health related quality of life/overall quality of life (p < 0.05). ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-019-4390-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.